Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont explained

Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Full Name:German: Caroline Friederike Mathilde
Duchess Eugen of Württemberg
House:House of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth)
House of Württemberg (by marriage)
Spouse:Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857)
Issue:Marie, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal
Duke Eugen
Duke Alexander
Birth Date:10 April 1801
Birth Place:Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Death Place:Karlsruhe, Silesia
Father:George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother:Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Mathilde Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 10 April 1801 – 13 April 1825) was a member of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg through her marriage to Duke Eugen of Württemberg.

Early life

Mathilde was born in Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the fourth daughter and tenth child of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Marriage and issue

On 20 April 1817, in Arolsen, she married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857, son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) and Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764–1828), first cousin of the better known Countess of Albany).They had three children:

Mathilde died while giving birth to her third child. In 1827, Eugene remarried to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, with whom he had four children.

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